Improvement in combined tap and faucet



M. A. FARRELL. Combined Tap and Faucet.

No. 20l.l72.

Patented March 12,1878.

In Xenia 1 & I Ma /1 WiZnesses.

N, PEI ERS. PNDTO-UYHOGRAFHER, WASHINGTON, D. G.

To all whom it may concern:

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MICHAEL A."F-ARBELL, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVEMENT IN COMBINED TAP AND FAUCET.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 201,172,datedMarc'h'lQ, 1878 application filed August 11, 1877. v

Be it known that I, MICHAEL A. FARRELL, of Boston, in the county ofSuffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improved CombinedTap and Faucet, of which the following is a specification:

The object of my invention is to produce a combined tap and faucet whichis designed to be permanently attached to a barrel, cask, or keg, fordrawing off the contents of the same, and by means of which theinconvenience and expense of applying a faucet to a barrel, 850., everytime the same is to be tapped when refilled are avoided.

- The invention consists in certain novel arrangements or combinationsof parts, all of which will be hereinafter first fully described,

and then pointed out in the claims.

The plug is turned so as to admit of the passage of the liquid by meansof a separate wrench or key, which is inserted within the hollowscrew-tap, and fits upon the end of the perforated plug.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a representation of my invention.Fig. 2 is a view,-on a reduced scale, of the perforated plug with thewrench or key applied. Fig. 3 represents the screw-tap and tapering tubein which the perforated plug is incased.

a represents a screw-tap, provided with a rim or head, a, the outer faceof which is to be flush with the outer face of the barrelhead when thetap is inserted in the barrel.

To the inner end of the screw-tap a, of which it forms a part, isattached the tapering tube or hollow casing 11, provided with an openingof a size to correspond with the space occupied by a hole or series ofholes in an inner plug, 0. The plug 0 is hollow, and closed at the outeror larger end, as shown in Fig. 2, and is provided with a number ofholes or openings, as shown, on oneside.

The inner or smaller end of the plug 0 is open, and formed with twonotches, d d, which engage with corresponding projections e on the bodyf of the wrench g, by means of which the plug 0 is turned.

The plug 0 is fitted snugly within the casing 12, so as to be entirelyliquid-tight, and the liquid is designed to escape from the barrel,

&c., through the opening h in the casing b and the holes in the plug.These holes, while sufficient to admit of the free passage of the liquidto the faucet, serve also as a screen to prevent the passage of anyextraneous matter to the faucet. It is also self-cleaning, as any matteradhering to the holes will be scraped off as the plug, in turning,passes the edge of the opening in the casing.

The outer end of the screw-plug is provided with a cap, a", to bescrewed into the same when the barrel is on storage or intransportation, to prevent the entrance of dirt, 850., into the same,(or a hinged cap may be adapted to the opening;) and the inner end isalso provided with a screw-cap to protect the plug.

The wrench or key is composed of a handle, 9 and body f, separated bythe rim or head m. The rim or head is to be provided with a packing thatfits within a recess, 1, in the opening of the screw-tap.

On the body f of the wrench is a projection, 19, that enters arectangular recess, k, within the mouth of the screw-tap a. By turningbody f the before-mentioned packing is crowded into recess 1, as theprojection 19 causes said body to advance.

The lower portion of the recess 70 is inclined downward, so that as theprojection 10 moves in the same when the wrench is turned, the packingwill be tightened in the mouth of the screw-tap, and prevent the escapeof any liquid at that place.

The wrench is made hollow, and is provided on its outer end with ascrew-thread, for the attachment of connections for conducting theliquid to the faucet; or a faucet may be attached directly to thewrench.

The outer end of the screw-plug is designed to be made flush with theface of the barrel or keg, so that the usual revenue-stamp may be pastedover the same.

My invention will be found equally useful in families as with largedealers.

By having the barrel, &c., kept closed against the entrance of air afterthe liquid has been drawn off, it is kept from souring, and is much moreeasily cleaned. I

In families, the contents of the barrel can be kept safe againstdepredations by withdrawing the wrench or key, without which the liquidcannot be drawn from the barrel.

What I claim as my invention is 1. The combination of the tapering tubeor casing 12, its inclosed plug 0, and the screwtap a, carrying thescrew-plug i, for the purpose of holding and crowding plug 0 to itsseat, substantially .as and for the purpose I specified.

2. The combination, with the tapering plug 0, of the hollow key orwrench f, provided with rim m, adapted to crowd a packing-gasket Withinthe recess 1 of the screw-tap, substantially as and for the purposes setforth.

3. The combination of the Wrench or key f,

provided with a projection, p, with the screwtap 11, provided with therectangular and inclined recess k, as and for the purpose set I M. A.FARRELL.

Witnesses J. H. ADAMS, JOHN H. FARRELL.

